Progressive Majority Is A Liberal Group Providing “Early
Support To Progressive Candidates” And Building “A Talented ‘Farm Team’ Of
Future Progressive Leaders And Decision Makers In Washington, DC And In The States.”“Progressive Majority has a clear and bold
purpose: To elect progressive champions who will help change the direction of
this country.We will do this by
building a nationwide member network that will provide much-needed early
support to progressive candidates – helping them to win elections and bring our
values back into the halls of government.Progressive Majority is your one-stop connection to innovative and
idealistic candidates working to build a practical – and progressive –
future.Progressive Majority will
foster the emergence of a talented ‘farm team’ of future progressive leaders
and decision-makers in Washington, DC and in the states.We know it’s not going to happen overnight.But it can happen with disciplined
strategies, determination and yes, your dollars.”(Progressive
Majority Website, www.progressivemajority.org,
Accessed 9/23/03)

In The 2004 Cycle, Progressive Majority Plans To Fund
Candidates And Conduct Outreach, Recruitment And Training To Elect “Progressive
Candidates.”“In this political
cycle, Progressive Majority will provide early seed money for promising
progressive candidates, focusing on Congressional races.We will also conduct outreach, recruitment
and training to create new classes of top-flight progressive candidates for key
federal, state and local races – and we will provide the campaign support
necessary to put these candidates in office.”(Progressive
Majority Website, www.progressivemajority.org,
Accessed 9/23/03)

PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY FEDERAL PAC

So Far This Year, Progressive Majority’s Federal PAC Has
Received Strong Support From Labor Unions And Democrat Politicians’ PACs.Below are the PAC’s contributions from other
committees so far this year.

In The 2002 Cycle, The Progressive Majority PAC Received
Strong Support From Labor Unions, Drawing Maximum Contributions From SEIU, NEA,
CWA, AFL-CIO And AFSCME, Among Others.Below are the PAC’s contributions from other committees last cycle.

2001-02

AFL-CIO
COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$10,000

AMERICA
WORKS COMMITTEE$5,000

AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,500

Gloria Totten, Progressive Majority’s Executive Director,
Said That Her Group Had Over 10,000 Small-Money Donors In The 2002 Cycle.“The Progressive Majority PAC, for instance,
is developing a large base of small-money donors who regularly support
progressive candidates.According to
Executive Director Gloria Totten, the group’s fundraising goals have been met
by more than 10,000 small-money donors.”(“PAC Attack,” The
American Prospect, 10/21/02)

PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY 527 COMMITTEE

Progressive Majority’s Soft Money 527 Committee Has
Received Support From Labor Unions, The Sierra Club And Hollywood Producer
Steve Bing.Below are some notable
contributions to the 527.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GLORIA TOTTEN

Gloria Totten Is Executive Director Of Progressive
Majority.“Gloria Totten took
the helm of Progressive Majority in May 2001.Prior to that, she served as Political Director for the National
Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) since 1996.At NARAL, she ran a multi-million-dollar
department budget that was more than $9 million in 2000 and was responsible for
all of the electoral and political organizing work, as well as managing NARAL’s
27 state affiliates.While there,
Gloria also worked to develop the organization’s first nationwide pro-choice
voter file, which consisted of 2.9 million pro-choice identified voters in
2000.She also devised all of NARAL’s
advocacy campaigns, including numerous ballot initiative campaigns, legislative
battles and the Stop Ashcroft! campaign in 2001.From 1993-1996, Gloria was the Executive Director for Maryland
NARAL.During her tenure, she
served as the organization’s chief lobbyist and strategist, chairperson for the
state pro-choice coalition, director of the Political Action Committee (PAC)
and was responsible for raising the annual operating and program budgets. In her home state of Minnesota, Gloria
worked as the Education Director for Pro-Choice Resources, President and
Lobbyist for the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and as a
grassroots organizer on campaigns from the Presidential to Mayoral levels.”(Progressive Majority Website, www.progressivemajority.org,
Accessed 9/23/03)

Totten Serves On The Board Of Fair And Balanced PAC,
Which Launched The BushRecall.com Website In August 2003.“A new committee called the Fair and
Balanced PAC plans to launch its www.bushrecall.org
Web site Thursday.The PAC’s founders
include Joe Lockhart, a press secretary to former President Clinton, and Mike
Lux, a Democratic political consultant. … The Fair and Balanced PAC’s board
members include Gloria Totten, executive director of another Democratic-leaning
group, the Progressive Majority, and former political director of the National
Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League.”(Sharon
Theimer, “Dems Start Group To Try To ‘Recall’ Bush,” The Associated Press,
8/21/03)

Totten Stated That With National Parties Banned From
Raising Soft Money, “Outside Groups Will Absolutely Have To Pick Up The Slack.”“Now that national political parties are
barred from accepting the unlimited ‘soft money’ that once fattened their
treasuries, outside groups from the left and right are sending the message that
they would be happy to become alternative recipients.The pro-labor Progressive Majority, for example, is
researching the Democratic Party’s major contributors and sending out
feelers.The group, whose goal is to
elect more liberals, wants some of those soft money dollars to fund ambitious
plans for 2004 that include recruiting candidates, training them, and financing
campaigns – all work that political parties normally do.‘Outside groups will absolutely have to pick
up the slack’ as long as the new campaign finance law forbids the national
parties from accepting soft money, said Gloria Totten, Progressive Majority’s
executive director.”(Julia Malone, “Soft Money
Ban Sparks Alternatives,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6/2/03)